How to generate cover art for an AI track

Cover art is generated with every Club Ready Music render when the Cover image toggle is on, which it is by default, and it costs nothing extra: the one credit pays for two takes plus the cover. You can type an optional Image vibe up to 600 characters in the box under the toggle, or leave it blank and let Club Ready Music write an image concept from your lyrics and vibe. The result is a square, high-resolution JPEG that is embedded into the MP3 and WAV tags, added to the DJ pack and shown on your share page.

Steps

1. Check the Cover image toggle

Under the Generate button there is a Generate a cover image with this song switch. It mirrors the Cover image line in section 07 · Master & export. Leave it on. The Generate label confirms it: "Generate · 2 takes + cover · 1 credit".

2. Decide whether to write an image vibe

If you leave the Image vibe box empty, the cover concept is written from your lyrics, vibe and genres, so a song about a night drive gets a night-drive image. Write your own vibe when you want a specific look, a recurring style across a label, or something the lyrics do not mention.

3. Write the image vibe as a picture, not a feeling

Describe what is in the frame, the lighting and the medium: "wide shot of an empty car park at dawn, sodium lights, film grain, muted orange and teal". Avoid words like "energetic" that describe sound. Do not ask for text or logos; image models render lettering badly, and the title is already in the tags.

4. Render the track

Press Generate. The cover request is sent at the same time as the takes and usually arrives first. The result panel shows a placeholder until the image lands, then swaps it in.

5. Confirm the art is embedded

Once a take is ready and the cover has arrived, Club Ready Music runs a final tag pass that writes the image into the MP3 and WAV along with the key and cue points. Download the DJ pack and you will find the cover as a separate file too. The share page at /t/{slug} shows it full size.

6. Fix the look with a new render if needed

The cover is tied to the render. If the image misses, adjust the Image vibe and generate again; the studio keeps your settings so only the vibe needs to change. See re-render a track with changes.

Tips

• Keep a house style. Reuse the same medium and palette words in every image vibe, for example "risograph print, two-colour, off-white paper", and your crate looks like a label.
• Match the energy setting. Warm-up tracks suit soft light and wide spaces; peak-time tracks suit high contrast and close crops.
• Name the subject once. One clear subject reads better at thumbnail size in DJ software than a crowded scene.
• Avoid faces of real people and brand marks. The model is filtered for them, and the result is usually a blurry substitute.
• Turn the cover off for throwaway tests. It does not save a credit, but it keeps the crate uncluttered while you tune a brief.

Common problems

The track is ready but the cover never arrived. Cover generation can fail independently of the music. The track stays downloadable without art and the tags are finalised without it. Render again with a plainer image vibe if art matters.

The cover has garbled text on it. Remove any request for titles, words or signage from the image vibe. If you did not ask for text, add "no text" at the end.

The art does not match the song. With an empty image vibe the concept comes from the lyrics; an instrumental falls back to the vibe and genres, which may be thin. Write a one-line image vibe that names a scene.

My DJ software shows no artwork. Download the DJ pack or re-download the MP3 after the status reads READY. Files grabbed in the first seconds after a take appears may predate the final tag pass.